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The Evergreen State College
Published by the Office of College Relations/Library 3114
September 25, 1981
500 fewer students
BUDGET CUT REQUIRES INCREASED WORKLOADS: AVOIDS RIFS
By Judy McNickle, Director of Information Services
Five hundred fewer students will be served by Evergreen during the current biennium if
tentative plans developed by the President's Council on Wednesday are adopted and sent on to the
Governor's Budget Office by October 7. The plans, drafted to help the college pare a total
of more than three million dollars from its 1981-83 budget, do not call for declaration of
a state of financial exigency. Nor are any of the budget units preparing to riff current
regular permanent faculty and staff to meet the unprecedented 10J percent reduction.
The most drastic impact apparent at Wednesday's meeting comes from the tentative decision
to reduce for Winter and Spring Quarters and next year the number of adjunct and visiting
faculty appointments and Computer Services academic support to the instructional program. Those
cuts mean Evergreen will serve an estimated 150 fewer students this year and approximately 350
fewer students next year. The college's annual average FTE (full-time equivalent student count)
will drop to 2,380 for 1981-82 and 2,205 for 1982-83. "The reduction not only interrupts
but seriously retards Evergreen's progress toward its already determined five-year allotment
""an," President Dart Evans told his 15-member Council.
The reductions impact virtually every budget on campus, but each in a somewhat different
way. As Evans saw it Wednesday, "it's obvious we've got some major differences of approach
in how to achieve the cut, especially as it impacts personnel."
1.2 MILLION DOLLAR "LUMPS"
The first decision made at Wednesday's meeting was to determine what kinds of "lump
sums" were available within the budget that could be immediately axed. Budget Officer Mike
Bigelow proposed that the institution cut $1.2 million from the following areas: $120,000
from utilities; $213,000 from reserves (which were set aside to meet salary raise and health
benefit shortfalls and emergencies); $20,000, research; $186,000, 1982 Summer school;
$341,000, 1982-83 master's degree program in environmental studies (see following story);
$150,000 , library resources (purchase of books, periodicals and serials); and $100,000
from institutional expense budgets.
After considerable discussion, the Council agreed to Bigelow's proposed reductions, but
said final decisions on closure of summer school would be made later. Members hoped it might
be possible to continue the summer program on a self sustaining basis by raising summer tuition
and fees and sharply reducing staff and faculty support costs.
With the $1.2 million set aside, Council members still had $1.8 million to cut, which
amounts to a 6.5 percent reduction per unit on campus. The budget was drawn into four reporting units: instructional, business, student services and those other operations which
report directly to the president. Each of the four offered tentative plans for making the
cuts.
Academic Dean John Perkins outlined plans to slice $305,555 from the 1981-82 instructional
'dget. If implemented, his plan eliminates all paid adjunct faculty positions for Winter
_,id Spring Quarters; delays filling of any currently vacant faculty positions, reduces by
half the amount of temporary, part-time and student help; requires the deans and their support
staff to take one week's leave without pay; asks faculty to take up to a two percent salary
cut in leave without pay, and reduces the number of visiting faculty appointments by eight
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for next year. It also cuts seven percent from goods and services and sharply reduces
travel. The reductions would mean an estimated 80 fewer FTE students for the current
academic year.
"If the voluntary leaves without pay are not enacted," Perkins noted, "the cuts in goods (
and services will climb to more than 40 percent." Next year, Perkins said, plans call for
reducing by two-thirds all paid adjunct positions, leaving unfilled any faculty vacancies,
reducing some staff contracts, and continuing the sharp reductions in goods and services
and travel. He estimates that the cuts next year would cost approximately 240 FTE students.
Additional student cuts come from the tentative decision to cut funding for the MES program
(30 FTE) and plans by Computer Services Director John Aikin to sharply pare academic support,
cutting 40 FTE during Winter and Spring Quarters of this year and 50 for 1982-83.
PARALYZES COMPUTER SCIENCES
Aikin said he and his staff have tentatively considered a ten percent cut in the number of
hours Computer Services is open, a complete elimination of access by non-students to the facilities, and no filling of three curently vacant positions. The staff reduction means, says Aikin,
"we'll be able to sponsor no courses or contracts after this quarter," which he believes "will
paralyze the computer science academic program." He estimates a total of 120 FTE will be impacted by that decision in the remainder of the biennium.
Vice President for Business Dick Schwartz said his unit heads "don't think we'll have to
lay anyone off if we don't fill any of our vacant positions." But, he added, "we won't be able
to fill temporary, part-time or student positions." Schwartz said his unit had "anticipated
the need for this kind of cut and chose not to fill about ten positions. This means," he
declared, "our services will be affected and many of us will be carrying far heavier workloads .
Acting Library Dean Susan Smith predicts major cuts in goods and services budget, and in
purchase of new library resources, and filling of student institutional positions. She and her
staff also are considering taking one day off per month of leave without pay beginning Januao(
and continuing for six months.
The Facilities Office has elected tentatively not to fill five vacant positions, which
Assistant Director Arnie Doerksen said will mean "the rest of the staff will absorb a 20 to 30
percent increase in workload." Workloads will be increased in one sense and decreased in another
for Student Services, as Dean Larry Stenberg explained. Noting that his staff's budget was
already cut to the bone in goods and services and travel, Stenberg proposed to reduce staff
contracts to 11 months for all those who are on year-long appointments. He may also elect to
leave vacant one clerical position, which would mean others in Student Services would carry
additional workloads.
EVERYONE IMPACTED
As proposals were aired unit by unit, Provost Byron Youtz observed that "it's clear everyone
will participate in the cutbacks --- either through increased workloads (which will result when
vacant positions are left unfilled) or the necessity to take leaves without pay — for varying
amounts of time." Youtz and others said they felt the reductions in contracts and unfilling of
already vacant positions were far preferable to major staff reductions in force "at least in
meeting the first 10 percent cutback." Council members appeared to agree that should an additional 10 percent cut be required later, it will probably be necessary to consider declaring a
state of financial exigency and preparing a RIF plan. The declaration implements a formal policy,
already part of the Evergreen Administrative Code, that establishes a 20-member committee of
faculty, staff, students and administrators who then prepare a reorganization plan.
It appears that step can be avoided this time 'round, unless orders from the state change
within the next few days. Bigelow will be sending to all budget unit heads a complete set of
budget instructions, along with guidelines from Employee Relations Director Rita Cooper. Thei
instructions will require detailed information on the 10.1% cut, plus an outline of the impact
of an additional 9.9% cut should it be required. Proposals must be completed by September 30,
before the council meets again next Thursday, October 1, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Board
Room.
From there, Bigelow and the President will prepare the final budget package for delivery
to OFM by October 7. The cuts become effective retroactively to October 1.
-3MES APPROVED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE
The Council for Postsecondary Education has unanimously approved Evergreen's proposal to
offer a masters
degree in environmental studies. The proposal, passed with a unanimous
vote of CPE's committee on academic affairs Tuesday, cleared the final hurdle in a vote by
the 12-member board Wednesday afternoon.
It was the proposal's third time before CPE in the past year. Its second appearance in
April resulted in calls for additional review and comment from the other four-year schools,
further documentation of the need for its creation, and additional involvement from the
private sector on the advisory committee. An Evergreen committee, led by faculty members
Oscar Soule^ and Richard CeJJ_arj_us_, developed a supplemental report to CPE which increased the
degree requirements from 60 to 72 quarter hours and required all MES students to prepare a
graduate study plan by the end of their second quarter. The review plan also enabled Evergreen
to reduce the class size of the first program from the original 35 to 29 FTE and created a
"steady-state enrollment" of 55 FTE after 1983-84. Faculty members demonstrated a strong
employer interest in the types of students who will graduate from the program and agreed to
appoint a new advisory committee that will include representatives from private industry and
energy producing organizations. Those changes drew a favorable recommendation from CPE
staff, which was followed by unanimous approvals from both the academic affairs committee and
the entire CPE board.
Now that the degree has been officially approved, college officials have tentatively
decided to delay its opening due to the 10.1 percent budget reduction ordered by the Governor.
At a meeting on Wednesday, members of the President's Council agreed to postpone starting MES
until Fall Quarter, 1983. Of the original $411,496 allocated by the legislature for the
program, $70,000 will be retained to purchase library and other necessary "start up" resources. The remaining $341,000 will be returned to the state budget office as part of the
college's three million dollar cut.
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AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WORKSHOP POSTPONED
Due to the 10.1 percent budget cut, plans to stage a two-day Affirmative Action workshop
this week have been changed, according to AA Officer Rebecca Wright. A new Multi-cultural
workshop will be offered in two parts later this fall to, as Wright says, "develop crosscultural communication skills and provide ethnic information to improve teaching effectiveness
and the quality of service delivery on campus."
The workshops, now set for November 11 and 18, will cover: communications methods from
different racial perspectives; results of the college's ten-year affirmative action internal
audit; information on a number of "culturally diverse topics"; and showing of a videotape
portraying the perceptions of Third World students on "racism here on campus."
FIRST AID CLASS OFFERED
A Fall Quarter class in "First Aid and Emergency Medical Care" begins October 5 and continues through December 7. The course is cosponsored by Evergreen Health Services, the
McLane Fire Department and the American Red Cross, and costs $25 including textbooks. Classes
will be held Mondays and Thursdays from 7:30-10 p.m. in CAB 110. Academic credit is available
at additional cost if prior arrangements are made with faculty member York Wong. Call
Health Services, 866-6200 for further information.
RSVP FOR PRESIDENT'S RECEPTION
All Evergreen staff and faculty have been invited to one of three receptions at the
President's home in the next two weeks. Because more than 400 persons have been issued
invitations, it's urgently important that RSVPs be delivered by note (preferably) or by
telephone to the President's Office next week.
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VANCQUVER CAMPUS OPENS TO 80 MONDAY
Four new faculty members will greet approximately 80 students when the Evergreen-Vancouver
campus resumes classes Monday, according to Anne Turner, the college's newly appointed educational outreach coordinator. Dr. Lucia Harrison, William Bruner and Gary Tipton have been hired to
teach in Evergreen's Management and the Public Interest program, which begins its third year this
fall with an anticipated enrollment of 30 full- and part-time students. Dr. Eric Larson, a
veteran faculty member on Evergreen's Olympia campus, will join the Vancouver staff to teach in
the Communication program, which begins its second year for an estimated 50 students.
Dr. Harrison, a former assistant professor of public administration and urban studies at
San Diego State University, has served as associate director for administrative data processing
at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is beginning her first year as a regular, three-year
faculty member and is coordinating the MPI program.
Bruner, an economist, has most recently served as project director for Washington State
University's Forest Policy Project based in Vancouver. He also served for two years as a senior
planning economist for Portland General Electric Company's corporate planning department. He's
beginning a one-year term as a visiting professor. Teaching with him and Dr. Harrison in the
MPI program will be Tipton, a chief accountant with Hewlett-Packard in Vancouver.
Dr. Larson, an anthropologist, has been a full-time member of Evergreen's Olympia faculty
since the college opened in 1971. He will be commuting to Vancouver this year to teach in the
Communication program coordinated by Virginia Darney and team taught with Ronna Loewen. Also
joining the Evergreen-Vancouver staff this fall will be Olympia campus faculty librarian Frank
Motley, who will instruct a class on "Library Research and Methodology" on alternate Saturdays
beginning October 3.
Registration for Evergreen-Vancouver classes remains open through September 28, according
to Mrs. Turner, who was promoted this summer to the newly created half-time outreach coordinator
position, responsible for non-academic administration. She will continue to serve half-time =s
a program assistant at the college, where she has worked since the Vancouver campus opened i(
September of 1976.
DEZUBE NAMED CPJ EDITOR
Dona DeZube, a Maryland junior at Evergreen, has been named editor of the Cooper Point
Journal, the weekly student newspaper. DeZube, who has served as both reporter and associate
editor of the CPJ during the past six months, was selected by the Publications Board for a threequarter appointment that begins this fall.
The new CPJ editor is a transfer student to Evergreen from the University of Colorado and
the University of Miami. During Fall Quarter, she'll be assisted by former CPJ editor Theresa
Connor, an Olympia graduate of St. Placid High School, who will serve as managing editor.
MINORITY TEAM CONFAB HERE FRIDAY
Admissions counselors and minority affairs officers from 11 Washington colleges and universi
ties will host a two-hour information program in Olympia October 2 as part of the Minority Team
Conference of the Washington Council on High School College Relations. Albert Smalls, Evergreen
admissions counselor and host of the Friday session, says minority and disadvantaged high school
students are invited to meet from 9 to 11 a.m. in Evergreen's Lecture Hall One.
Information will be available on admissions, housing, financial aid, academic offerings and
specific minority programs available at the following schools: Evergreen, Washington State
University, the University of Washington, Eastern, Central and Western Washington Universities,
Cornish Institute, Gonzaga University, Pacific Lutheran University, the University of Puget
Sound, and Fort Steilacoom Community College.
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upcomlng events
RED KELLY, DON CHAN TO STAR IN "FIRST SUNDAYS"
Red Kelly, dean of the Pacific Northwest jazz circuit, is going back to college. To the
relief of his fans, the master bassist won't be getting up early (an undreamed of possibility
for Red) to hit the books. But, he will be starting his musical weeks early — at least on
the first Sunday of every month. That's when he and jazz pianist Donald Chan will costar in a
new musical series called "First Sundays with Red and Don" at Evergreen.
The two versatile jazz artists will launch their series October 4 with the help of Seattle
trumpeter Floyd Standifer. Their two-hour, toe-tapping show begins at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the
Recital Hall and carries an admission charge of $2.50.
The series will continue each month of the academic year through May — always on Sundays
from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Each concert will feature one or more special guest
performers from the Northwest jazz circuit; all will provide what series organizer Judy McNickle
calls "a musically delightful way to start the week — and each new month."
Dates slated for the 1981-82 "First Sundays" series include: November 1, December 6,
January 10, February 7, March 7, April 4 and May 2. Reservations for the Sunday night shows may
be made weekdays by calling 866-6070 during regular business hours. Tickets will go on sale
every Sunday beginning at 7 p.m. at the door of the Communications Building.
COSSU RETURNS FOR THURSDAY JAZZ CONCERT
Jazz pianist Scott Cossu brings his musical merger of western and eastern cultures to the
Recital Hall for one concert only Thursday, October 1, beginning at 8 p.m. A recording artist
who features many of his own compositions, Cossu will appear with Hawaiian singer and pianist
Maggie Herron, who is making her stage debut in Washington state.
A native of Ohio, Cossu began his career as a rock and rhythm and blues organist, became
intrigued with music of other cultures, and spent years exploring African, Oriental and East
dian music. He moved to Seattle to complete his musical degree at the University of Washington
i,rien traveled to South America where he spent a year living with Equadorian Indians. There he
learned, as he says simply, ';music can be enjoyed just for the spirit of it." When he returned
to the Pacific Northwest, he began appearing with the Sundance Rhythm Band, then worked with a
Chinese ensemble and a Vietnamese group, gaining as much experience as possible with non-western
mus i c.
His initial album, released on First American label, "broke the normal barriers to westerneastern original introspective music," according to critics for the Victory Music Review. He
went on to record a second album with Windham Hill, and has just returned from working on a third
album for that label with world renown classical guitarist Alex DeGrassi.
A popular performer in Seattle and Tacoma, Cossu is making his third appearance at Evergreen
October 1. Tickets to his concert go on sale at 7:30 Thursday night at the door of the Communications Building for $3.50 for students and senior citizens and $4 general.
AUDITIONS OPEN MONDAY
Auditions for "Stop The World - I Want To Get Off," a major musical production to be performed in December at Evergreen, will be conducted September 28 and 29 beginning at 6 p.m. in the
Experimental Theater of the Communications Building.
The Fall Quarter musical will be directed by adjunct faculty member Ruth Palmerlee, who
seeks actors, musicians, singers, dancers, jugglers, tumblers, mime artists and unicyclists for
the enduringly popular show. All who audition will be asked to "sing a song and show us how you
move," says Palmerlee. Academic credit may be available for those selected for the cast, she
adds.
"7.1 ENSEMBLE SEEKS MUSICIANS
Jazz musicians are now being sought by Evergreen's Jazz Ensemble. Director Donald Chan
says saxophone, trombone and trumpet players are needed. He also has "a few vacancies in the
rhythm section." Interested musicians are invited to contact Chan at 866-6059. The ensemble's
first practice has been set for 7:30 Tuesday evening, October 6 in the orchestra rehearsal room
of the Communications Building.
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The Evergreen State College
Published by the Office of College Relations/Library 3114
September 18, 1981
ORIENTATION WEEK(S) BURSTING WITH PARTIES,TOURS,'AND'"ROM'TOS"
Orientation Week officially begins today with the first arrival of students into campus
resident halls and the opening of The Corner, Housing's answer to Archie's Place. As what could
be Evergreen's largest enrollment in history descends onto Cooper Point, an array of activities
has been planned to greet newcomers and veterans alike, with a reception for virtually every
student and a tour of almost every place within walking distance.
Receptions and special programs have been slated for new, Third World, International, parttime and women students; parties have been booked for those who enjoy swimming, volleyball, square
dancing, international foods, amateur "talent" and square dancing, and tours are offered of the
campus, the Organic Farm and even downtown Olympia at night.
ACADEMIC FAIR WEDNESDAY
Academic activities also abound --- from the Academic Fairs set for Wednesday to faculty
advising appointments, from registration to the September 28 individual contract and internship
fair. Special information activities designed to complement both the social and academic programs
range from the Leisure Education orientation Wednesday night to Thursday's sessions for financial
aid recipients, from the series of open house programs provided by various student and college
r vices on September 24 to the CAB stands introduction to student activities on September 30.
But this year there's much more to Orientation Week(s) than a jam-packed 14-day calendar of
events in the "Welcome News." There's a quarter-long program, designed for the first time to
recognize, as Enrollment Services Dean Larry Stenberg explains it, "there are large numbers of
students who come here with very limited knowledge of what Evergreen's all about."
At the recommendation of a Retention Task Force convened last year, Stenberg has hired a
part-time Orientation Coordinator, alum, Katrina Curtis. With his direction she has designed an
extensive and practical information program geared to students new to Evergreen, especially those
enrolled in Basic Programs.
"Over the next several weeks, we'll be making a series of four presentations to several Basic
Programs," Stenberg explains. "We'll involve veteran Greeners in presentations that strive to
help students better understand and prepare for their educational and social experiences at
Evergreen."
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ORIGIN, SURVIVAL BATTLES EXPLAINED
Stenberg says four and five-member information teams will visit academic programs to first
outline "The Place." They'll discuss the origin, philosophy and history of Evergreen so, as
Stenberg says, "students understand the process of survival the college hadsendured and where
this place has come from." A second team will discuss "how it works," how students can design
their own undergraduate education, master the dos and don'ts of freedom within this academic
system, and find out details on career planning, evaluation preparation, transcripts and portfolios.
Services and Resources of Evergreen will be outlined in the third program, designed to
identify campus services, their origins, limitations and potential uses.
The fourth and final presentation will focus on "student life," and attempt to talk about
v' t Stenberg believes are "some real and somewhat risky issues," including student subcultures,
p\._r pressures, the college's social and cultural climate and issues of personal identity.
By spreading orientation programs throughout the next several weeks, Stenberg hopes "they'll
occur closer to the time when students are actually experiencing some of these different facets
of life at Evergreen."
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Complete details on all the Orientation Week activities can be found in the Fall Quarter
issue of the "Welcome News" or the September 19 issue of The Happenings, both of which are
available at the Information Center on the second floor of the College Activities Building mall
HOUSING 98% FULL
Housing on or near campus looks "very tight" this year, according to Linda Hohman, Evergreen's
assistant director of housing. On-campus facilities, which accommodate about 600 students, were
"98%" full as this Newsletter went to press. "We still have about 14 beds open for fall," Hohman
said, "but they'll go very quickly." She predicts a "two to three percent no show by October
2," which will open up a few more spaces.
Students interested in living in the residence halls or modular units should contact Hohman's
office, Residence Hall A, room 322, (866-6132) as soon as possible. They should be prepared to
pay a $60 deposit before they receive a room assignment.
Across campus, Adult Student Housing (ASH) has a waiting list "too long to count," according
to Sue Freimark, assistant manager. It's the second year in a row that the apartment complex,
which is available only to full-time Evergreen students, has a waiting list.
"a certain sense of dega vu"
EVANS DECRIES "MAJOR FISCAL CUTBACKS," URGES "A RENEWAL OF DREAMS"
President Dan Evans spoke out forcefully against a new round, of anticipated budget cuts,
outlined three major agenda items for Evergreen's future, and called for "a renewal of dreams on
which our progress has been based" in his annual State-of-the-College address Tuesday.
Speaking to returning faculty and staff and the largest number of new faculty in recent
years, Evans invited Evergreeners to prepare to greet the new year and the beginning of Evergreen's
second decade "with a certain sense of deja vu." He recalled that last year as the college readied
for Fall Quarter, it faced a hiring freeze and budget cutbacks.
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This fall, he said, we've already been notified of another hiring freeze implemented in
August, and we're told to expect "major fiscal cutbacks later this week" for the third year in a
row. The news, said Evans, "is a devastating announcement from the state that what they gave us
with one hand a few months ago they'll now take back with the other.
HIGHER TUITION, LOWER SUPPORT?
"Three times in the past three years is one time too many," Evans declared. "I think it's
time — and I'm determined — to fight for the budget we worked so hard for." The president
said higher education "accepted a major tuition increase" during the past legislative session
"on the basis of more adequate support levels." Now, he pointed out, "no one is saying 'roll
back tuition increases'.. .only those support levels which were part of that carefully worked out
budget package."
Declaring thaf'the state is breaking its promise," Evans argued the "no new tax promises are
imply inadequate for our radically changing present," and urged "leaders to speak out for the
maintenance of quality in all services.
"We're financially able to do that," he asserted, citing statistics that show Washington
ranks sixth in the nation in percapita income and is enjoying the lowest tax percentages of any
period during the past 25 years.
During this election year, Evans urged faculty and staff to "work collectively...to support
who will support the kind of fiscal management necessary to maintain quality services.
"No one advocates waste," he added. "We've made the cuts...but three times in three years
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is too much. It deters us from the major path we should be engaged upon."
HOW TO REMAIN INNOVATIVE?
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The president cited gains the college has achieved during the past year, and during its
first decade, recently celebrated at a national conference on campus devoted to alternative higher
education. He urged Evergreeners to now seek answers to the question: "what do we do during
ihis next decade to remain an innovative institution?" He recognized that "we can't predict all
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the future challenges" we face. But, Evans urged, we can accept the belief, as suggested by
University of Washington Professor Kirk Hart, that "the center of hope lies in our dreams,"'
"Our second decade should begin with a renewal of dreams on which our progress has been
d," he said. He predicted three areas in which those dreams — and future accomplishments
might be focused:
*achievement of cultural literacy for all students;
^continued improvement upon our "important partnership" in teacher certification with the
University of Puget Sound ("We need to see if we can help teach the teachers better than they
have been taught," he declared."); and
*expansion of our outreach programs into Tacoma and Pierce County where, he believes, there
are "thousands of students who are unserved." Evans urged Evergreeners to create a program in
Pierce County which recognizes the needs of adult learners and "best serves that important educational market in a uniquely Evergreen way."
Focusing on the immediate future, Evans predicted optimistically that: "enrollment will be
up this year" and will include "substantial increases in the percentage of Third World and local
high school students;" that the Council for Postsecondary Education will approve the college's
request for a new masters degree program in environmental studies (see page 6); and that work on
the library roof will be successfully completed. "Hopefully," he quipped, "by the time the rains
come this fall, they'll stop at the roof line."
EVERGREEN FACE LIFT HARD TO DETECT
Evergreen has undergone a major face lift this summer, but you have to be an astute observer
to detect the alterations. On most days, your nose will offer the first clues toward finding
the biggest changes — repair of the ever-leaking library roof. But the rest of the renovations
are more difficult to detect at first glance: remodeling of computer service facilities, alterations to accommodate the handicapped, construction of new offices for conferences and housing
administration, and completion of design plans on the ten-acre soccer and track fields.
Fumes from the library roof repair job have made most Evergreeners aware that "something's
go.,,g on up there." As Facilities Director Dave Wall bom points out, the repairs have been a long
time coming. The massive library roof — which covers more than 111,000 square feet, has leaked
since the building opened in 1971. Each year the flat surface suffered additional cracking as
its asphalt cover contracted and expanded, creating bubbles in the covering which then ruptured,
allowing water to seep into fiberglas insulation and through the asphalt felt base. Constant
patching didn't help, and veteran library users have become accustomed to side-stepping rows of
waste baskets set up to catch the almost continual drips. As soon as the library is finished,
work on the seminar roof will begin.
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A REALLY GOOD ROOF
Granted $493,000 to repair the library and seminar roofs, the college contracted with Haight
Roofing this summer and began the arduous process of removing the old surface and recreating an
entirely new cover. The process, explains Wallbom, calls for application of hot asphalt and
felt with highly compressed styrofoam insulation called "IRMA," placed on top of the build-up
roofing. This is more energy efficient than any of the previous insulation and considerably
more durable. The styrofoam is then topped with gravel creating what Wallbom predicts will be
"a really good roof."
Wall bom says Facilities staff will be able soon to unlock fourth floor library doors leading
onto the patios which will have special concrete covering over the styrofoam. "We'll be bordering
these with planter boxes and fixing them up so we can really use these spaces as they were intended — as beautiful additions and complements to our internal spaces."
Other changes are evident in the library. To accommodate the handicapped, elevator controls
have been lowered and marked with braille instructions; towel dispensers and water fountains have
be ^ lowered, and an automatic door opener has been installed at the second floor entrance to the
bi* .ding.
Word Processing Services has moved to the third floor. Its former home in the library basement has been completely remodeled and taken over by Computer Services. Separate air conditioning
-4units have been installed to maintain even temperatures for the new equipment, including the
library's new computer system, and a special raised floor has been constructed to accommodate the
maze of electrical connections and air conditioning units. In addition, a conditional power unit
has been installed which guarantees a steady flow of electricity to the computers even if the (
voltage fluctuates as it's coming in. "This should prevent some of the kinds of computer shutdowns we've had in the past," Wall bom says.
NEW OFFICES OPEN
Across campus, the College Activities Building sports a reorganized Bookstore operation,
thanks to both the work of the Facilities crew and the direction of new Bookstore Manager Laura
Nole. A new wall along the north side of the Bookstore creates space for just completed offices
for Conference Coordinator Donnagene Hard and Director of Auxiliary Services Ken Jacob, who now
oversees Housing, Food Services, Conferences and the Bookstore.
Finishing touches also have been applied to Red Square where worn and broken pavers have been
replaced, outdoor electrical outlets have been installed, and new directional signs are in place.
Additional outside work will begin later this year after bids are awarded for completion of soccer
and track fields. The $580,000 project was designed by Lee and Associates, architects from Seattle
Bids will be awarded by the end of September for the field work, which is to be completed next
pring.
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OWERS NAMED SAILING COACH
Lewis Powers, commodore of two Olympia Hobie Cat Fleets (77 and 212) and 15-year veteran of
sailing competition, has this month been named Evergreen's first sailing coach. The appointment,
announced by Athletic Director Jan Lambertz, brings to six the number of part-time coaches participating in Evergreen's expanding intercollegiate sports program.
Powers, who coached sail ing in 1978 for Capital High School, was formerly fleet captain of
the San Fernando, California Sailing Club and regatta chairman for two major events involving /
more than 70 vessels from throughout southern California. Active in Olympia sailing competitio,.
since 1971, Powers has organized ten division-wide regattas in the Pacific Northwest and three
smaller regattas in Boston Harbor, including the May, 1981 contest.
The new Geoduck coach, a professional land surveyor, has conducted a number of sailing
seminarSj raced catamarans and dinghies, and served as a crewman on both an ocean racing boat and
an Olympic class Soling. He's an active member of both the South Sound Sailing Society and the
Hobie Cat Association.
Powers will begin working with his new sailers after school starts September 28 and hopes
to enter his first team in sailing competition next month at the University of Washington's annual
fall regatta.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WORKSHOP BEGINS THURSDAY
A two-day Affirmative Action workshop, conducted by a five-member team of Seattle consultants,
ext week, will focus on internal communications and "how they can be improved in an educational
setting with a multicultural and multiracial composition," according to Evergreen Affirmative
Action Officer Rebecca Wright.
The sessionTT^nTclTToegTn at 9 a.m. Thursday on the fourth floor of the library, will be
attended by nearly all faculty and staff as part of an extensive program outlined by college
administrators to address issues of concern raised last year by the campus Third World community.
The consultants were originally employed full-time by the Seattle School District to help
smooth the district's transition into busing designed to achieve racial balance. They(vecontinued
working for the district and with other groups to help improve working relationships among employees and encourage changes in attitudes or behavior that reflect racial, cultural, religious or
sexual biases.
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"ill offer panel presentations on such topics as Afro American history, anti-Chinese legislation
and Chicano history in the Pacific Northwest, and offer practical tips on how to evaluate Third
World literature, guard against behavior that can be interrupted as prejudiced, and improve the
sense of community with multicultural organizations.
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Wright says portions of the two days will be devoted to small group sessions, facilitated
by some 30 Evergreen volunteers. She hopes "nearly everyone will attend. We can't guarantee
""1 be able to offer a repeat session later this year."
YELM VAN POOL UNDERWAY; TACOMA RIDERS SOUGHT
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Twelve Evergreeners are saving time, money and energy this quarter by riding to work together
in the newly organized Van Pool program, according to campus Transportation Officer Mary Eldridqe.
The pool, initiated last month, may save a total of 40,000 road miles for the riders, who
are picked up at their homes and delivered at the entrances to their buildings every morning by
7:55, says Eldridge. All riders are working flex time, so they leave campus by 4:35 p.m., avoiding traffic hassels and the expense of maintaining and operating their vehicles and paying parking
fees.
The experiment, Eldridge reports, has been "so successful we're anxious to launch a similar
program for employees living in the Tacoma area." She hopes another dozen folks will sign up for
the program, including one who'll volunteer to drive the vehicle from Tacoma each morning, into
the Tanglewild area of northern Thurston County and on to Evergreen.
Driver of the Yelm Van, Office Machine Mechanic Larry Savage maintains the pool vehicle,
keeps the pool full, and earns a free ride, plus $20 each per month for the llth and 12th passengers. "He's really enthusiastic about the program," adds Eldridge. "Anyone considering the
Tacoma pool might want to talk with Larry first; he'll convince you it's a great idea."
Information on the Tacoma Van — and on future plans for an organized car pool effort — is
available from Eldridge weekdays at 866-6120.
upcoming events
HARVEST FAIR CELEBRATES COMING OF AUTUMN SEPTEMBER 27
Fall will be greeted officially on September 27 with the aroma of freshly baked salmon and
roasting corn, the sounds of jazz, country and soft rock music, and displays of arts, crafts and
a cornucopia of organically grown vegetables when The Evergreen State College hosts its second
annual Harvest Fair.
The free outdoor festival begins at 11 a.m. Sunday at Evergreen's eight-acre Organic Farm
bordering Lewis Road. Students and visitors are invited to attend a series of five workshops
focusing on agricultural issues; to feast on a smorgasboard of foods including pastries, strawberry shortcake and salmon prepared outdoors by members of the Nisqually Indian Tribe; and to
stroll among information and art displays and demonstrations.
Entertainment will be provided all afternoon, beginning with performances by jazz guitarist
Randy Neal at noon, and folk singer/guitarist Cathy Slagle at 1 p.m. Also slated for the farm's
bandstand will be the Vic Cummings Band, an Evergreen student group which appears at 3 p.m. with
a repertoire of soft rock, jazz and original music, followed by a 4 p.m. show by the Theater of
Transformation, an Olympia-based mime and music improvisation troupe. The Square Root Mountain
Band, a bluegrass, swing and blues troupe, tops off the day's entertainment with a 5 p.m. concert.
Workshops also begin at noon with a presentation by Evergreen faculty member Dr. Patricia
Labine on "The Home Grown Vegetarian: Growing Nutritionally Complete Foods." The Olympia Food
Cooperative will explore "Food Politics" at 1 p.m., followed by a 3 p.m. session on "Agricultural
Lands Preservation" with Evergreen faculty planner Dr. Carolyn Dobbs. At 4 p.m. "Agricultural
Integration of Forests, Orchards and Gardens" will be examined by Mike Maki, a representative of
Tilth, an organization for small farmers that encourages agricultural preservation and promotes
biological controls of pests. The final free workshop begins at 5 p.m. and focuses on "Small Scale
Farm Marketing." Leading that session will be Floyd Flem, president of the Washington State Farmers Market Association. All five workshops will be conducted at the college's farmhouse; other
Km^^omptu sessions may be offered in the greenhouse and the college gardens.
Highlighting the afternoon's activities will be awarding of prizes at 2 p.m. for "the biggest
mallest, best and most bizarre" locally grown organic vegetables and the annual Geoduck calling
contest, designed to attract Evergreen's tough-shelled bivalved school mascot.
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Throughout the fair, information booths will be staffed by representatives of the Women's
Center for Health, Tilth, Evergreen Environmental Resource Center, Puget Sound Solar Energy
Association, and the Society of Creative Anachronism.
Artists will display their creations^'n
pottery, paper mache, wood, and glass and demonstrations will be offered on hand building pot( y
and on spinning, dyeing and weaving.
Admission to all events is free and open to the public. Free transportation from Evergreen's
Parking Lot "A" to the farm will be provided for senior citizens and the handicapped. Guests
are encouraged to part in Lot A and take the ten-minute stroll through the woods to the farm,
where parking is extremely limited.
Complete details on the fair are available at the Activities Office, 866-6220.
ROAD RUNS BEGIN WEDNESDAY
The first of five Fall Quarter road runs will be conducted Wednesday, September 23, beginning
at 5 p.m. from the front of the Evans Library. The 2.7-mile "introductory road run," carries a
$1 entry fee to help cover the cost of awards for men and women in five divisions.
Other Evergreen runs scheduled Fall Quarter include: 5.4-mile race, October 7; women's only
10,000-meter run, October 14; 7.6-mile run, October 21; and the tenth annual 2.7-mile Turket Trot,
November 21.
Details on all Evergreen road runs are available from the Recreation Center, 866-6530.
CLASSICAL PIANIST PERFORMS FRIDAY
An evening of classical music by prize-winning pianist Frank Wiens will be featured Friday,
September 25, beginning at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Communications Building.
Wiens, currently resident artist at the University of the Pacific at Stockton, California,
is being presented by the Olympia Chapter of the Washington State Music Teachers Association.
Admission to his evening concert is $5 general or $2 for students.
A seasoned concert pianist who has performed throughout the United States in the past eif
years, Wiens received both his bachelors and masters degrees in music from the University of
Michigan, where he won that school's highest award for musical excellence. His concert Friday
will feature compositions by Haydn, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Chopin and Barbar, and will be
followed with an all-day workshop and master class on Saturday, September 26.
Tickets for the concert will be available at the door of the Communications Building;
tickets to the workshop may be obtained from Mary Jane Clarke, 866-4587.
GRAPHIC DESIGN SHOW OPENS GALLERY TWO
A display of recent graphic design work completed by graduate Jim Gibson has opened the
1981-82 gallery season at Evergreen. Gibson, a Tacoma alum, completed the design exercises,
printed brochures and publication layouts during his senior year at Evergreen, while studying
with the college's senior graphics designer Brad Clemmons.
The exhibit now on display in Gallery Two in the Evans Library, will remain on public view
through October 25. The Gallery is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed weekends
through September 27, Regular Fall Quarter hours resume September 28 when the Gallery will be
open from 8 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Friday, 1 to 5 p.m.
Saturday and 1-8:45 p.m. Sunday,, Admission is free.
CPE TO CONSIDER MES PROPOSAL TUESDAY
The Council for Postsecondary Education has placed Evergreen's proposal to offer a masters
degree in environmental studies at the top of its agenda for its regular meeting, set to begin
Tuesday, at 9 a.m. at the Governor House Hotel in Olympia.
Faculty member Oscar Soule, who has chaired planning efforts for the new program, says /
President Dan Evans, Provost Byron Youtz and Academic Dean John Perkins will share the present^
tion with FTrn at the Tuesday session. He hopes Evergreen will secure final approval of the
program and be able to begin preparing for the start of new graduate classes next fall.
Funded by the 1981 State Legislature, the new MES program encompasses both environmental
and energy studies and accommodates approximately 30 students. They'll be required to complete
72 hours — attending full-time for two years or part-time for three.
'STEES SELECT GYM ARCHITECT. HIKE PARKING FEES
Evergreen's Board of Trustees last Thursday selected a new architectural consortium to draft
plans for the long-awaited gymnasium, boosted parking fees by 33 percent per year for automobile
owners, and approved a new staff educational benefits policy.
Working in close cooperation with the state's Division of Engineers, Evergreen Facilities
staff and an outside consultant reviewed more than three dozen architectural proposals before
finally selecting the newly formed consortium of CSA/LMN, a joint venture combining the talents of
Cumming/Schiatter Associates of Seattle and Loschky, Marquardt and Nesholm of Kirkland. Facilitie
Director Dave Hall bom told board members the new team brings to the task years of experience in
designing academic and gymnastic facilities, including work on both the Seattle and Tacoma domes.
Deadline for completion of the architectural drawings is February, 1982, when the college
intends to present a capital budget request to the State Legislature for the high-ceiling multipurpose building which will enable the Geoducks to compete in basketball and volleyball, and
host events requiring larger facilities than are now available on campus.
Parking rates go up the end of this month as a result of other board action. The new fees
raise the rates to 50<£ per day for both cars and motorcycles. Monthly rates are $8 and $4,
respectively; and annual rates will be $40 for autos and $20 for motorcycles, compared to $30 and
$15, respectively, during the past year.
In other action, trustees approved a new staff educational benefits policy, altering campus
procedures to fit newly approved state statutes. The new policy allows Evergreen employees to
take up to five credits "on a space available basis" at no cost, save a nominal fee (of $5).
Employees who enroll for more than five credits or as auditors must now pay full fees. Their
registration may not be processed until the final day of registration each quarter, and they are
limited to four credits per quarter during work hours.
At the request of Provost Byron Youtz and the Exempt Salary Task Force, trustees also adopted
_5w exempt salary grid which, he said, "establishes a more rational pattern" for improving employee salaries. The new grid creates step increments which are l percent apart, and establishe:
ranges that are 9 percent apart. It also provides twice as many steps as the old grid "to allow
a more flexible assignment of merit increases," Youtz said.
The board convenes again October 15, beginning at 10:30 a.m. in Library 3112.
WOOD ELECTED ALUMNI PRESIDENT
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Janice Wood^ a 1976 graduate and systems analyst for the Senate Ways and Means Committee,
was elected president of the Evergreen Alumni Association at the organization's annual reunion
on campus last weekend.
The reunion, which celebrated Evergreen's tenth anniversary, attracted more than 150 alums
who attended two days of activities, including what Alumni Coordinator Bonnie Marie labeled a
"scintillating academic program." Highlights of the event, reports Marie, were the keynote
address by Dr. David Kirkwood Hart of the University of Washington; a book seminar on Christopher
Lasch's The Culture of Narcissism, led by faculty member David Marr, and a panel discussion on
"progress and potential" as viewed by faculty members Larry Eickstaedt and Kenneth Dolbeare,
and Assistant Academic Dean Elizabeth Diffendal.
Alums also conducted their annual business meeting and selected a new slate of officers including: Julie Grant, program coordinator for the State Occupational Information Coordinating
Committee,first vice president; Dave Rauh, president of a quarterly music magazine called "OP,"
second vice president; Bob Crocker, secretary; and Jill Fleming, an August '81 graduate of the
University of Washington1^ masters in business administration program, treasurer.
Elected to two-year terms on the Alumni board were: J_.£. Armbruster, Scott Baker, Lisa
Fleming. Mike Hall, and Neil Shamberg. all of Olympia; Tim Bessey of Vancouver; Keith Goehner of
,ane; Ann Pf1ug of Bellevue and George Schroeder of Tacoma.
ling board members include: Debbie Creveling, Joe Dear, Pat Foster, J_.P_. Jones, Will
Rice and Ralph Smith of Olympia; and Dave Ande'rson, BiTT Freeburg, Dou " King and Kevin Thomas of
-8ALUMS REPORT IN
Graduates have been reporting their activities steadily over the summer. Patrick Williams/
'79, has been accepted for a full fellowship to Columbia University's doctoral program in geolog).
Diane Hal pern, 'SOjWon honorable mention for her entry in the August Northwest Film and Video
Festival in Portland, Oregon. Diane's five-minute tape, called "Mixed Messages," describes what
she calls "the experience of being inside a handicapped woman's body." The work was completed
last year on campus.
Victoria Poyser, '80, alumna artist and illustrator who has twice been nominated for the
prestigious Hugo Award, came home with the real rocket-shaped honor earlier this month. The award,
the top honor in the field of science fiction publishing,was presented over Labor Day weekend at
the 7,000-member world science fiction convention, held this year in Denver.
Three TESC graduates have recently earned their law degrees through the University of Puget
Sound: Carmene DePaulo, '78, who has been working with the Northwest Women's Law Center and Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission; Kim Koenig , '78, who is employed with King County Public
Defender's Office; and Dana_ Williams, '76, who completed law school evenings while working full
time as a captain with the Centralia Fire Department.
Katherine Johnson '79, was accepted to Washington State University's veterinary medicine
program. Then, because of her husband's job change, she moved to Ohio State University, which
accepted her as a transfer into its D.V.M. program, a move considered "a rarity." Ohio's^ssociate
dean told Katherine her petition was approved largely because of her Evergreen background.
Debbie Shawver, '75, has recently joined the staff as public relations director at St. Peter
Hospital in Olympia. Cecilia Barnett, '75, has completed a masters degree in education and a
second masters in literature, both at the University of Puget Sound. Now living in Carson City,
Nevada, Cecilia is considering returning to school to complete a law degree.
Neil Bennett, '75, has just completed his masters degree in education at Western. Elizabeth
Boyle, '75, writes that she had to miss the September 11,12 Alumni Reunion because she was getting
married that weekend to Dwight Nickerson. She's working as an energy consultant, conducting
energy audits for Portland-area businesses and has completed her masters degree in public admin(
istration through Portland State University.
Scott Dethlefs, '80, has become news director of KXLY television in Spokane. Craig Bartlett.
'80, recently hosted an evening of animated film showings at the annual LaConner Summer Arts
Festival. Craig showed two of his own works, completed while he was a student at Evergreen.
John Foster, '79, formerly of KAOS radio, has authored "OP," a publication The Weekly calls "a
virtual one-man Whole Earth Catalogue" of record label publications and reports on independent,
experimental music. The tabloid comes out three times a year. Another recent grad, Bruce Pavitt,
'81, has created a "fanzine of modern rock," called "SUB/POP." Both new publications are available
by writing: P.O. Box 2391, Olympia, 98507.
EVERGREENERS IN THE NEWS
Faculty Member Rainer Hasenstab won nomination this week for a school director's post in the
Griffin School District. Hasenstab will face final election in November for the five-member
board. Faculty Member Earle McNeil is among five artists whose work is currently on display at
Childhood's End Gal 1ery"in downtown Olympia. McNeil's work, which includes woodturned plates and
bowls, remains on exhibit through September 30.
Several names were added to Evergreen's staff roster during the summer. Joining the custodial
staff are Walter Jefferson, custodian lead; Nina Panzica. Larry Mix and Taitnanh Lai, custodians I.
Robert Anderson is a new campus security offTceF."""TftTiers hired include: MicheleTHiardt, office
assistant III in the Registrar's Office; Andrea Winshlp, half-time office assistant II in Interlibrary Loan; Ruthanne Moncrief, half-time office assistant II, Development Office; Pegg Cahill,
technician II, Libraryt James Budsterg, steam engineer at the heating plant; Cynthia Goodwin,
half-time recreation coordinator; Sandy Butler, assistant athletic director, and Joaquin (Kim)
De Menezes, computer operations manager.
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Reclassifications include Joan Hutchings, computer operator III and Bonnie Schmidt, data e\y
operator III, both in Computer Services. Recent promotions include Dave Hoyt from custodial service
to motorized equipment service attendant and Paula Butchko, from office "assistant III to credentials
evaluator I in the Registrar's Office. Edna "Harper accepted a 9-month appointment as Cooperative
Education Counselor while Joan Conrad is acting director of Cooperative Education. Kennedy Poyser^
college editor, is taking a leave of absence to journey to New York City.
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